The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland granted a patent for an invention developed by scientists from the University of Silesia, the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań and the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals in Gliwice.

Researchers from Silesia and Wielkopolska have developed a new synthesis of (E) -1,4-disubstituted symmetrical 1,3-enynes – unsaturated organic compounds that can be used in the synthesis of compounds with biological activity, including antibacterial activity.

They can also be used as building blocks in the synthesis of organic light-emitting diodes mounted in graphic displays of the WOLED type.
The authors of the invention are Dr Patrycja Żak, Małgorzata Bołt, Jan Lorkowski, Prof. Cezary Pietraszuk from the University of Adam Mickiewicz, Dr Eng. Grzegorz Benke and Dr Eng. Katarzyna Leszczyńska-Sejda from the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals in Gliwice, as well as Dawid Zych, PhD student of the University of Silesia.